Jamie Van Cuyk is the Owner of Growing Your Team, which provides bespoke hiring frameworks and comprehensive guidance for women entrepreneurs. With over 15 years of leadership experience, she teaches women to master the hiring process. Jamie is also a speaker and the host of The Growing Your Team Podcast.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- [2:56] Jamie Van Cuyk’s impetus for her entrepreneurial journey
- [7:26] How Jamie built her consulting company with calculated decisions
- [10:54] Why Jamie targets women entrepreneurs
- [15:44] The secret to hiring for your business
- [18:40] Strategies for hiring and onboarding
- [26:56] Jamie teases her upcoming collaboration book
In this episode...
Many women entrepreneurs struggle to delegate tasks and trust others, believing they have to accomplish everything alone to achieve success. How can you embrace delegation as a positive step to grow your team effectively?
According to hiring consultant Jamie Van Cuyk, women often carry a heavy mental load, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, which can hinder growth. Jamie believes that delegating personal and professional tasks allows women to accomplish their goals. By starting with small, manageable hires, such as part-time or contract roles, women can lighten their workload and focus on their strengths.
In the latest episode of the Lead Like a Woman Show, Andrea Heuston welcomes Jamie Van Cuyk to discuss the art of hiring and onboarding. Jamie shares her journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship, offers strategies for hiring the right people, and highlights the mindset shifts needed for delegation. She also reveals her superpower of deep listening, which enables her to craft personalized hiring strategies and help businesses thrive.
Quotable Moments:
- “No one needs to know why you’re not available, just that you’re not available.”
- “Just because someone’s good at what they do does not mean they’re right for you.”
- “To have it all, we need to do it all; it’s a myth that needs to be broken.”
- “Delegating is a sign of success, not a sign of failure.”
- “Does it need to be done right, or does it need to be done by you?”
Action Steps:
- Embrace delegation: Start by identifying tasks that do not require your personal involvement and delegate them to others. This frees up your time for higher-value activities and alleviates the mental load.
- Hire strategically: Focus on hiring part-time employees or contractors initially rather than full-time employees. This approach allows for budget-friendly growth and helps in building your delegation skills, addressing the challenge of resource management in small businesses.
- Develop a comprehensive onboarding plan: Create an onboarding process that spans at least two weeks and covers job-specific tasks and your company’s expectations and culture. This ensures new hires are well-integrated and reduces the risk of miscommunication and unmet expectations.
- Communicate expectations clearly: Clearly outline your expectations to new hires rather than assuming they know what you want. This proactive communication prevents misunderstandings and aligns the team with your vision.
- Leverage your superpower: Identify and utilize your unique strengths to enhance your leadership and hiring processes. Recognizing and applying your superpowers can lead to more effective decision-making and relationship-building.
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